THIS DIARY BELONGS TO:

Nikki J. Maxwell
PRIVATE & CONFIDENTIAL

If found, please return to ME for REWARD!

(NO SNOOPING ALLOWED!!! )

 WEDNESDAY, APRIL 30—4:05 P.M.
AT MY LOCKER

Okay, I’ve tried REALLY hard to be polite about

all of this! But . . . SORRY!! I JUST CAN’T
TAKE IT ANYMORE!!

If I hear MacKenzie Hollister’s name one more time,

I’m going to . . . SCREAM!!!

I can’t believe everyone at this school is STILL

talking about her. It’s like they’re obsessed or
something!

“If MacKenzie were here, she'd LOVE this!"

“If MacKenzie were here, she'd HATE that!"

“This school will never be the same without

MacKenzie!”

“OMG! I miss MacKenzie SO much!”

MACKENZIE! MACKENZIE! MACKENZIE ∆!!

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AAAAAAHHH!!

ME, HAVING A COMPLETE NERVOUS

BREAKDOWN BECAUSE I'M SO SICK OF
EVERYONE TALKING ABOUT MACKENZIE!

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Listen up, people! MacKenzie’s been GONE for an
entire week, and she’s NOT coming back!!

So cry yourself a river, build a bridge, and get over

it already!!

Okay, I’ll admit it.

I was as shocked and surprised as everyone else

when she left so abruptly.

But MacKenzie HATED MY GUTS and made my life

totally MISERABLE.

And, to be honest, it seems like she’s STILL here.

I know this sounds weird, but it's almost like I can

FEEL her presence even now as I'm writing in my
diary.

But that's probably because the TACKY JUNK

kids are leaving for her IS HOGGING UP ALL
THE SPACE AT MY LOCKER ∆!!!!

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 ?!

ME, TOTALLY DISGUSTED BY THE JUNK

HOGGING UP MY SPACE ∆!!

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I’m sure she’s LOVING that her former ex-BFF,
Jessica, turned her empty locker into a “We Miss
You, MacKenzie!!” shrine, complete with its own
Facebook page!

PUH-LEEZE!!
It’s obvious to me that MacKenzie is STILL
manipulating students.

Especially after that very pathetic and overdramatic

FAREWELL LETTER she e-mailed to our school
newspaper this morning.

The editor actually published it online for the

entire school to read.

OMG! MacKenzie went on and on about how

she was tired of the needless suffering and had
decided to end it all by moving on to a much
better place.

I’m sure she said all that stuff to make everyone

feel SORRY for her.

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Just in case I decide to EXPOSE all the TERRIBLE
things she did before she left.

Just thinking about all this is making me so

ANGRY I could chew . . . ROCKS ∆!!

I know I probably shouldn’t say this, because it’s

kind of rude. MacKenzie reminds me of one of those
disposable baby diapers!! Why?

THEY'RE BOTH PLASTIC,

TOTALLY SELF-ABSORBED,
AND FULL OF POOP!!

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I STILL haven’t gotten over all the mean stuff
MacKenzie did. Like stealing my diary, breaking into
my Miss Know-It-All website, sending really mean
fake advice letters to students, and spreading lies
and nasty rumors.

And now SHE’S playing the victim just because of a

silly video someone sent around of her freaking out
over a bug in her hair?! Yeah, right!

Anyway, MacKenzie ended her so-called suffering at

Westchester Country Day Middle School by moving
on to a so-called better place. . . .

Namely, North Hampton Hills International Academy!

It’s a really posh prep school for the children of

celebs, politicians, business tycoons, and royalty.
Although, now that I think about it, MacKenzie
just might fit in with the royalty at that school.

Because she’s the biggest DRAMA QUEEN in the

history of the universe ∆!! . . .

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 EVERYTHING IS SO UTTERLY
DISGUSTING! I CAN'T EVEN . . . !!

MACKENZIE, THE DRAMA QUEEN!

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Everyone is also RAVING about her new school.

According to MacKenzie, it has a French chef,

a Starbucks, riding stables, a spa, a helicopter
landing pad, and a plaza of designer boutiques so
kids can shop during lunch and after school hours.

And get this! She said her school has ATM

machines in every hall, right next to drinking
fountains that dispense seven different fruit-
flavored waters.

But MacKenzie is such a pathological LIAR,

I was starting to wonder if her FAB school
even existed.

I wouldn’t have been a bit surprised if she’d

completely made it up just to impress everyone,
when she’s really being homeschooled.

So I googled the school and actually found its

official website.

OMG! I could NOT believe my eyes! . . .

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Calling North Hampton Hills International Academy
“POSH” is an understatement!

That place is AMAZING!!!

It reminds me a lot of Harry Potter’s school,

Hogwarts.

I just hope MacKenzie is finally happy (assuming

she actually even goes there).

Hmm . . . I wonder if North Hampton Hills would

award a full scholarship to a very deserving student
in exchange for BUG extermination services?

JUST KIDDING ∞!!

But hey, it wouldn’t be the first school to make
a deal like that. RIGHT?!

Anyway, now that MacKenzie is gone, MY life is

going to be PERFECT ∞ !

And DRAMA FREE ∞ !

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Well, I need to stop ranting writing and get going.

I’m supposed to meet Chloe, Zoey, and Brandon at

the CupCakery in twenty minutes, and I STILL need
to change into my favorite dress.

The cupcakes there are to DIE for!!

SQUEEEEEEEE!
∞!!

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 WEDNESDAY—4:45 P.M.
AT THE CUPCAKERY

It was really fun chillaxing with Chloe, Zoey, and

Brandon at the CupCakery.

But inside my head I was doing my Snoopy

“happy dance” while gleefully counting the number
of MINUTES MacKenzie has been OUT of
my life! . . .

12,584, 12,585, 12,586, 12,587,

12,588, 12,589 . . . !!

I’M . . .
SO . . .
HAPPY!!

ME, DOING MY SNOOPY “HAPPY DANCE”!!

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The fact that MacKenzie was ACTUALLY gone
was FINALLY starting to sink in.

I felt really HOPEFUL and like I had a whole

NEW future ahead of me.

I was so distracted that at first I didn’t notice

Brandon staring at me.

Then he blushed and handed me the most beautiful

cupcake with a pink heart on it.

“Nikki, I’m glad we’re hanging out again. I know

you’ve been through a lot lately, but I hope
everything is okay,” he said shyly as he brushed
his shaggy bangs out of his eyes.

“Brandon, everything is just PERFECT!!” I gushed.

Then we just stared at each other and blushed.

All this staring, gushing, and blushing went on,

like, FOREVER!! . . .

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 BRANDON AND ME, STARING, GUSHING,
AND BLUSHING AS WE SHARE A CUPCAKE!

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OMG, it was SO romantic!
Suddenly dozens of butterflies started fluttering
in my stomach.

It made me feel very giggly and a little queasy.

All at the same time. Like I wanted to . . .
vomit . . . rainbow-colored . . . CUPCAKE
SPRINKLES!

SQUEEEEEEEEEEE ∞!!
As we stared into each other’s eyes, I could
definitely sense something KA-RAY-ZEE was
about to happen.

AGAIN! Like, um . . . YOU KNOW ∞ !!

Chloe and Zoey left from the table near ours to go

to the shop next door to get strawberry smoothies.
Which meant Brandon and I were alone ∞!

Mere words CANNOT begin to describe what

happened next. . . .

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